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Lanu is the experimental side project of <a href="spotify:artist:1QVWN3ebl1dVgVbMgQPG8K">the Bamboos</a>' guitarist and leader, <a href="spotify:artist:6dbQYrMbGorwsvnVCDb9ua">Lance Ferguson</a>, one of the most prolific and well-respected musicians on the Australian funk and soul scene. Born in New Zealand, <a href="spotify:artist:6dbQYrMbGorwsvnVCDb9ua">Ferguson</a> grew up in a musical family, with his Hawaiian guitarist grandfather, Bill Wolfgramm, responsible for the country's first ever LP in 1956. In 2000, he formed Melbourne funk revivalists <a href="spotify:artist:1QVWN3ebl1dVgVbMgQPG8K">the Bamboos</a>, who released four albums during the noughties, Step It Up, Rawville, Side-Stepper, and 4, and the soundtrack to the Nintendo Wii game De Blob. Throughout this period, he also produced material for <a href="spotify:artist:0id62QV2SZZfvBn9xpmuCl">Aloe Blacc</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:11DVVDXpf5IiKmTTZTWD0X">Ohmega Watts</a>, and bandmate <a href="spotify:artist:3CSpwE5QPsrPT9KgtG3BF4">Kylie Auldist</a>'s two solo releases; co-founded Melbourne's soulful club-based Local People and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Equatorial%22">Equatorial</a> labels; and performed as a session guitarist for <a href="spotify:artist:7ME0heqob2B32S9ofWhOyU">Joe Bataan</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6Bfy6QzadCXS92y0T8dDZF">Eddie Floyd</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:1ga4lWS7NtKo4r9jNSWumc">Alice Russell</a>. In 2007, armed with a new sound encompassing dream pop, folk, lounge, electro, and indie, he released his debut solo LP, This Is My Home, under the guise of Lanu, a childhood nickname that is the Tongan word for color, and followed it up four years later with the critically acclaimed Her 12 Faces. ~ Jon O'Brien, Rovi
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